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about last two spines, together with soft dorsal above, blackish browu, 

 sloping off narrowly behind. Anal with spinous portion and front rays 

 blackish brown, rest of fin white. Caudal pale olive, edges of lobes above 

 and below slightly darker. Paired fins pale drab or grayish. 



SCOLOPSIS TEMPORALIS (Cuvier) 



Scolopsides temporalis Cutieb, Hist. Nat. Polss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 341. Waigiu, 

 New^ Guinea, Vanicolo. — Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., vol. 2, pt. 1, Nov. 

 12, 1831, p. 197, pi. 26 (Offack Bay, Waigiu). 



Scolopsis temporalis Gunthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 360 

 (Louisiades, in 15 fathoms). — Bleekeb, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 8, 

 1876-1877, p. 12 ( copied ) .—Meyek, Anal. Soc. EspaS. Hist. Nat, Madrid, 

 vol. 14, 1885, p. 14 (North Celebes; Kordo, Mysore). — Bei4.xjfort, Bijd. 

 Dierk., Amsterdam, pt. 19, 1913, No. 9, p. 122 (Ambon). — McCxilloch, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 46, pt. 4, 1921, p. 469, pi. 40, fig. 3 

 (Palm Islands).— FowLEE, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 210 (Short- 

 land Island). 



Depth 23/5 to 2% ; head Si/g to 314. width 2 to 21/3. Snout 21/3 

 to 2% in head; eye 3^^ to 4i^, 1% to 1% in snout, ll^ to ly^ in inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches eye, expansion 214 to 3 in eye, length 2%, 

 to 2-% in head; teeth in villiform bands in jaws, in about 7 irregu- 

 lar series; interorbital 3% to 31^4, broadly convex; suborbital spine 

 2 to 214 in eye; hind preopercle edge with small, short, wide set 

 denticles, 3 enlarged at angle. Gill rakers 5 + 5, short, low tubercles, 

 V2 of gill filaments, which 3 in eye. 



Scales 44 to 46 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 to 4 more on 

 latter; 6 scales above lateral line, 11 or 12 below, 26 to 32 predorsal 

 forward opposite front eye edge, 8 rows on cheek of which 2 on 

 preopercle flange. Suprascapula with rough or crenulated edge 

 but not serrated. Scales with 10 or 11 basal radiating striae and 1 

 to 3 incomplete auxiliaries; apical denticles 128 to 159, with 6 to 8 

 transverse series of basal elements ; circuli fine. 



D. X, 9, 1, third spine 3 to 32/5 in head, first ray 214 to 2% ; A. Ill, 

 7, I, third spine 3% to 3%, first ray 2% to 3 ; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 2% ; pectoral 1^4 to V/^; ventral li/g to 11/5 ; caudal 

 11/^ to 3 in combined head and body to caudal base, deeply emargi- 

 nate, with age both lobes ending in long filaments of which upper 

 longer. 



Body dull olive above, becomes nearly naples yellow on sides and 

 paler below. Iris yellowish brown. Across front of interorbital 

 narrow buff band from one eye to other at front edge of squamous 

 area ; anteriorly another similar buff band extends forward over nos- 

 trils to middle of snout above and then continuous across on other 

 side. Yellowish or gray line from lower front eye edge to lower 

 front preorbital edge. On upper posterior edge of orbit gray ring 

 about size of pupil. Fins all pale brown. Narrow dark brown bar 

 or line transversely across pectoral base from fin origin. 



